Family of Ferdinand of CERDA and Blanche of FRANCE

Husband:	Ferdinand of CERDA (1253-1275)
Wife:	Blanche of FRANCE (1253-1323)
Children:	Alfonso (1270- )
	Fernando of CERDA (1275-1322)
Marriage	"11/1268"

Husband: Ferdinand of CERDA

Wife: Blanche of FRANCE

Child 1: Alfonso

Name:	Alfonso
Sex:	Male
Birth	1270

Child 2: Fernando of CERDA

Note on Husband: Ferdinand of CERDA

Ferdinand de la Cerda (1253–1275) was the Crown Prince (infante) of Castile, eldest son of King Alfonso X of Castile and Violant of Aragon. His nickname, de la Cerda, means "of the bristle" in Spanish, a reference to being born with a strand of thick hair running down his chest.[2]

 

In November 1268 he married Princess Blanche of France, the daughter of King Louis IX of France. They had two sons:

 

Alfonso de la Cerda (1270-1333), who married Matilde of Narbonne, daughter of Viscount Aimery VI of Narbonne.[3] They had four sons and three daughters.

Fernando de la Cerda (1275-1322), who married Juana Núñez de Lara, called "la Palomilla", Lady of Lara & Herrera, daughter of Juan Núñez de Lara “el Mayor” and Teresa Álvarez de Azagra. They had one son and three daughters. One daughter, Blanca Núñez de Lara, was the mother-in-law to King Henry II of Castile.

Ferdinand predeceased his father in 1275 at Ciudad Real. His sons did not inherit the throne of their grandfather, since their uncle Sancho, usurped the throne.

Note on Wife: Blanche of FRANCE

Blanche of France (French: Blanche de France) (1253–1323) was a daughter of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence, and sister of King Philip III of France and Queen Isabella of Navarre.

 

[edit] BiographyBlanche was born in 1253 in Jaffa, during the Seventh Crusade led by her father, Louis IX.

 

In November 1268, she married Ferdinand de la Cerda, Infante of Castile, eldest son of Alfonso X of Castile and Violant of Aragon, they had two sons:

 

Alfonso (1270–1324), who married Mahaut, daughter of John I of Brienne, Count of Eu. They had four sons and three daughters.

Ferdinand (1275–1322), who married Juana Núñez de Lara, called "la Palomilla", Lady of Lara & Herrera, daughter of Juan Núñez de Lara “el Mayor” and Teresa Álvarez de Azagra. They had one son and three daughters. One daughter, Blanca de La Cerda y Lara, was the mother-in-law of King Henry II of Castile.

Ferdinand predeceased his father in 1275 at Ciudad Real. Blanche and Ferdinand's sons did not inherit the throne of their grandfather, since their uncle, the second son, Sancho, enforced his claim, even by rebelling. Blanche's brother Philip warned Sancho that he would invade Castile on behalf of his two nephews.

 

Blanche left Castile never to return. Her sons were sent to live with their grandmother Violant of Aragon who had them sent to the fortress of Játiva so they would be safe from Sancho.

 

Blanche died at the Monastère des Clarisses de l’Ave Maria,[1] in Paris, in 1323.[2]